- Any analogy between Palestinian refugees and Jewish immigrants from Arab lands is folly in historical and political terms

Overskriften her er fra en artikkel fra 2003 av Yehuda Shenhav.
Han er professor i sosiologi ved Universitetet i Tel Aviv Universitet.

 

Yehouda Shenhav

Aug 15, 2003

"Hitching a Ride on the Magic Carpet"
"Any analogy between Palestinian refugees and Jewish immigrants from Arab lands is folly in historical and political terms"

Utdrag fra artikkelen:

"Any reasonable person, Zionist or non-Zionist, must acknowledge that the analogy drawn between Palestinians and Mizrahi Jews is unfounded. Palestinian refugees did not want to leave Palestine. Many Palestinian communities were destroyed in 1948, and some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled, or fled, from the borders of historic Palestine. Those who left did not do so of their own volition.

 In contrast, Jews from Arab lands came to this country under the initiative of the State of Israel and Jewish organizations. Some came of their own free will; others arrived against their will. Some lived comfortably and securely in Arab lands; others suffered from fear and oppression."

I artikkelen av Yehuda Shenhav viser han til en lang historie der israelske organisasjoner og myndigheter ikke ønsket å kalle jøder som kom til Israel fra arabiske land for ..."flyktninger".

Skudeneshavn  18. juli 2023

Jan Marton Jensen

Kilde:
https://english.tau.ac.il/profile/shenhav

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehouda_Shenhav

15. august 2003
https://www.haaretz.com/2003-08-15/ty-article/hitching-a-ride-on-the-magic-carpet/0000017f-dc85-df62-a9ff-dcd708790000?lts=1689696812329